Author: Ed Ronco

One hundred years ago, a real-life drama was playing out on the waters near Sitka. A Japanese hunting vessel had wandered off course, and was about to be captured by American authorities. A relative of the ship’s captain was in Sitka on Friday (10-9-09) to commemorate the anniversary.

Alaska Airlines is doing better than its competitors, but it’s still a tough market for air carriers. That’s the word from Bill MacKay, the airline’s senior vice president for Alaska, who visited Sitka on Wednesday (10-7-09). He gave an update on the company’s economic health and his concerns for the future.

Sitka voters (on Tue 10-6-09) rejected a pair of ballot propositions that would have improved city roads at a cost of a half-percent sales tax increase.

Medvejie Hatchery in Sitka just finished hosting five classes of third graders for their fall field trip. The students got to handle some fish and see how the hatchery works. But teachers say this is more than just sight-seeing – it’s a way to let their students DO science while learning about it.

Three brown bear cubs captured this summer in Sitka after their mother disappeared are bound for a new home on the East Coast. Officials with Sitka’s Fortress of the Bear loaded the cubs on a cargo flight to Anchorage this morning (Tue 10-6-09), where they were transferred to a Fedex plane and flown to Newark, New Jersey.

Voters in Sitka head to the polls Tuesday and among the questions they'll decide is whether to approve bonds for road repair. Some of those roads look like they're in pretty decent shape, but as Ed Ronco explains, city leaders say it's important to act now.

School board candidates Cass Pook and Tom Conley took listener calls and answered questions in a live call-in forum on Sept. 30. This is the first half of that conversation.

School board candidates Cass Pook and Tom Conley took listener calls and answered questions in a live call-in forum on Sept. 30. This is the second half of that conversation.

Assembly candidates Cheryl Westover and Mim McConnell took listener calls and answered questions in a live call-in forum on Sept. 29. This is the first half of that conversation.

Assembly candidates Cheryl Westover and Mim McConnell took listener calls and answered questions in a live call-in forum on Sept. 29. This is the second half of that conversation.